The word "TEST" appeared in the header of the government agency's message, but State College, Pennsylvania-based AccuWeather said it automatically passes along weather service warnings based on a computer scan of codes, with no human input.

Pfaff said that he was not sure how many people were affected by the alert but, "I think it was a lot based on the response". "We do tsunami alert testing every month, and it was the same message that went out every month".

Kines did not know how far the erroneous alert traveled, but social media users as far as Florida and Texas reported receiving it as well.

The mistake quickly drew comparisons to the false missile alert that was sent to people in Hawaii on January 13.

A hearing took place on Capitol Hill to make sure emergency alerts are effective and reliable. "We have to do these test messages, it's important to make sure all our communication systems are working properly".

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